Well Child Care Flashcards
Head circumference over first three months
2cm/month
HC growth months 3 to 6 months
1cm/month
HC growth 6 months to 1 year
0.5cm/month
HC 1 year to age 3
0.25cm/month
HC grow age 4 to 6
1 cm / year
HC 6 through adolescence
additional 2 or 3 CM during mid childhood
Most common cause micrcephaly?
familial; autosomal dominant
or chromosomal
Signs of familial macrocephaly
no s/s neurological; family head circumferences are large as well
Weight gain first 3 months
20 to 30 g/day
Weight gain by age 6 months
double birth weight
weight gain by 1 year
triple birth weight
When does birth length double
age 3 to 4
When do most preterm infants have weight check up by? height?
- weight 2 years
- height 2.5 years
Neonatal Developmental milestones
- flexed when prone; extended when supine
- no side preference
- can see 8 to 12 inches
- fix on bright object / face
- turns to voice
- positive moro, step, place, and grasp reflex
Development 2 months
- head up in prone
- tonic neck posture while supine
- head lag that is improving
- head sustained with body place during ventral suspension
- tracks object / face 180 degrees
- social smile
- coos
Is it abnormal if a 2 month old doesn’t fixate on objects
yes
Gross development 4 months
- rolls prone to supine
- can lift head while prone
- no head lag pull to sit
- can hold head while supported sit
- push with feet when standing supported
Find Motor 4 months
- reaching for and grasps object with WHOLE hand; no grasp
- visually fixes on small objects
Language 4 months
- laughs and squeals
- initiates social contacts
6 month gross
- rolls both ways (by 7 for sure)
- sits tripod
- bounces with supported stand